How To Check How Far Behind Your SQL Server Log Shipping Secondary Is
Log shipping is one of the simplest and most bulletproof methods to get SQL Server to replicate data to a...
2019-02-21 (first published: 2019-01-31)
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Index maintenance freebies
I didn’t expect anything for free in index maintenance. After all, it takes a lot of CPU and transaction log...
2019-02-20 (first published: 2019-01-30)
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Understanding and working with NULL in SQL Server
Graphic representation of the difference between 0 and NULLImage taken from 9gag.com
According to database theory, a good RDBMS must implement a marker to indicate "Missing or inapplicable information".SQL Server...
2019-01-30
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Webinar next week on Database DevOps
Next week is my webinar on why the database is the heart of DevOps. You can still register today to...
2019-01-30
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Understanding and working with NULL in SQL Server
Graphic representation of the difference between 0 and NULL
Image taken from 9gag.comAccording to database theory, a good RDBMS must implement...
2019-01-30
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Speaking at SQLBits in March 2019
I have been selected to speak for a second time at SQLBits, which is being hosted in Manchester UK this...
2019-01-30
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2019-01-30
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Azure Advisor
Azure offers a lot of value-added services included with the price of what you pay . One of the things really,...
2019-01-30
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Azure Kubernetes Service Error – LoadBalancer type service external IP stays pending
Last week I was working on my Azure Kubernetes Service cluster when I ran into a rather odd issue. I’d...
2019-01-30
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Error: 17300, Severity: 16, State: 1. (Params:). The error is printed in terse mode because there was error during formatting. Tracing, ETW, notifications etc are skipped. There is insufficient system memory in resource pool ‘internal’ to run this query.
Today my colleague had issue that SQL server...
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2019-01-30
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Blogs
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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Pay for Performance
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers